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Ms. Joy Lafayette
ELA Mission Statement
English Language Arts (ELA) integrates reading and writing through a balanced literacy approach. Such a program engages students in meaningful and purposeful reading and writing experiences on a daily basis. My goal is to help each student learn to value reading and writing; becoming a self-confident reader, writer and thinker who is able to share ideas with others.
Reading Component for ELA
- Reading Comprehension Strategies and Skills
- Thematic Units
- Core Novels: Chains and The Giver
- Independent Reading and Book Club
- Vocabulary/Word Study Investigations
- PARCC Prep
Writing Component for ELA
- Personal Narrative
- Literary Analysis
- Argument/Commentary
- Explanatory
- Reflective
- Expository/Research
- Prose Constructed Response
- Word Study/Latin Roots Investigations
- Grammar